kamuts

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /kamut͡s̺/ [ka.mut͡s̺]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /kamut͡s̻/ [ka.mut͡s̻]

 
  • Rhymes: -amuts̺, -uts̺
  • Rhymes: -amuts̻, -uts̻

  • Hyphenation: ka‧muts

Adjective

kamuts (comparative kamutsago, superlative kamutsen, excessive kamutsegi)

  1. blunt, not sharp
  2. dull, weak
  3. (geometry) obtuse

Declension

Declension of kamuts (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive kamuts kamutsa kamutsak
ergative kamutsek kamutsak kamutsek
dative kamutsi kamutsari kamutsei
genitive kamutsen kamutsaren kamutsen
comitative kamutsekin kamutsarekin kamutsekin
causative kamutsengatik kamutsarengatik kamutsengatik
benefactive kamutsentzat kamutsarentzat kamutsentzat
instrumental kamutsez kamutsaz kamutsez
inessive anim kamutsengan kamutsarengan kamutsengan
inan kamutsetan kamutsean kamutsetan
locative anim — — —
inan kamutsetako kamutseko kamutsetako
allative anim kamutsengana kamutsarengana kamutsengana
inan kamutsetara kamutsera kamutsetara
terminative anim kamutsenganaino kamutsarenganaino kamutsenganaino
inan kamutsetaraino kamutseraino kamutsetaraino
directive anim kamutsenganantz kamutsarenganantz kamutsenganantz
inan kamutsetarantz kamutserantz kamutsetarantz
destinative anim kamutsenganako kamutsarenganako kamutsenganako
inan kamutsetarako kamutserako kamutsetarako
ablative anim kamutsengandik kamutsarengandik kamutsengandik
inan kamutsetatik kamutsetik kamutsetatik
partitive kamutsik — —
prolative kamustzat — —

Derived terms

  • kamustasun (“bluntness”)
  • kamustu (“to blunt”)

Further reading

  • “kamuts”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “kamuts”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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